Myanmar junta gets effective diplomatic downgrade as a result of military coup — Radio Free Asia

Police stand guard near the US embassy during a demonstration by protesters against the military coup in Yangon, Feb.  22, 2021. Credit: AFP

Myanmar’s 15-month-old military junta is suffering a diplomatic downgrade as Western and some Southeast Asian neighbors are withholding ambassadorial appointments to the country and increasingly meeting with elected officials overthrown by the army early last year, diplomats said. The trend of posting a number two in missions comes as the junta has been shunned by

Biden touts ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific in summit with ASEAN rulers — Radio Free Asia

President Joe Biden participates in the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit to commemorate 45 years of U.S.-ASEAN relations at the State Department in Washington,  May 13, 2022. Credit: AP

UPDATED at 7:00 P.M. EDT on 2022-05-13 U.S. President Joe Biden declared to Southeast Asian leaders on Friday that “our relationship with you is the future,” as he wound up a summit with the ASEAN bloc of nations aimed at shoring up trans-Pacific ties and countering China’s heavy influence in the region. Biden’s remarks to

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